Hank Williams Jr. - Country boy can survive

The ^Dpreacher man says its the ^Amend of time D |---0--| G D A |-3----| > D (x2) And the Mississippi River shes a goin dry E |------| The ^Dinterest is up and the stock ^Ammarkets down D |---0--| G D A |-3----| > D (x2) And you only get mugged if you go down town E |------| I^D live back in the woods ^Amyou see D |---0--| G D A |-3----| > D (x2) My woman and the kids and the dogs and me E |------| I got a ^Dshotgun a rifle and a ^Amfour wheel drive And a ^Gcountry boy ^Amcan sur^Dvive ^AmCountry folks ^Gcan surv^Dive ------------------------------------------------------------------- I can ^Dplow a field all day ^Amlong D |---0--| G D A |-3----| > D (x2) I can catch catfish from dusk till dawn E |------| We ^Dmake our own whiskey and our ^Amown smoke too D |---0--| G D A |-3----| > D (x2) Ain't too many things these ole boys can't do E |------| We ^Dgrow good ole tomatoes and ^Amhomemade wine And a ^Gcountry boy ^Amcan sur^Dvive ^AmCountry folks^G can sur^Dvive ------------------------------------------------------------------- Because you ^Gcan't starve us out and you ^Fcan't make us run Cause ^Cwhen them ole boy raised ^Gon shotgun ^GWe say grace and ^Fwe say ma'am If you ^Cain't into that we ^Gdon't give a damn -------------------------------------------------------------------- We ^Dcame from the West ^AmVirginia coal mines D |---0--| G D A |-3----| > D (x2) And the Rocky Mountains and the Western Skies E |------| And ^Dwe can skin a buck ^Amwe can run a trot line

And a ^Gcountry boy ^Amcan sur^Dvive ^AmCountry folks ^Gcan sur^Dvive ------------------------------------------------------------------- I ^Dhad a good friend in ^AmNew York City D |---0--| G D A |-3----| > D (x2) He never called me by my name just HillBilly E |------| My ^DGrandPa taught me to ^Amlive off the land D |---0--| G D A |-3----| > D (x2) And his taught him to be a business man E |------| He ^Dused to send me pictures of the ^AmBroadway Night D |---0--| G D A |-3----| > D (x2) And I'd send him some homemade wine E |------| But ^Dhe was killed by a man with a ^Amswitch blade knife D |---0--| G D A |-3----| > D (x2) For forty three dollars my friend lost his life E |------| I'd ^Dlove to spit some Beechnut in ^Amthat dudes eye And ^Gshoot em' with my ole ^D45 Cause a ^Gcountry boy ^Amcan surv^Dive ^AmCountry folks ^Gcan sur^Dvive ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Because you ^Gcan't starve us out and you can't ^Fmake us run Cause ^Cwhen them ole boy raised ^Gon shotgun ^GWe say grace and ^Fwe say ma'am If you ^Cain't into that we ^Gdon't give a damn ------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Were from ^DNorth California and South ^AmAlabam And ^Glittle towns all ^Daround this land And ^Dwe can skin a buck and ^Amrun a trot line And a ^Gcountry boy ^Amcan sur^Dvive Country ^Amfolks ^Gcan sur^Dvive